Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 29:

In page 35, line 23, after “decision” to insert “and shall publish the reasons for refusal on their website”.

The grouped amendments are fairly straightforward. I think it is in the public interest to know who is applying for the status of vetted researcher and trusted flagger. It is important to know who has been approved and who has been refused. These are going to be very important roles. Because we do not really engage with trusted flaggers or vetted researchers at the moment, maybe we cannot see now how important these roles are going to become. The role of trusted flagger, in particular, is hugely important. To get an holistic picture of those who are approved, those involved in research and those flagging the content, all information on applicants for refusals and for terminations should be made public. I genuinely think there is a public interest argument in seeing who it is that is applying for this very important role, who is looking to do this work, and if they are being refused, why they are being refused. It is in the public interest that that information be shared.